Lazarinis Quotes

We talk about cancer as a noun, as if it's a one time event: 'I've got cancer.' ~ David Agus

You underestimate humanity's ability to bring such evil into being. ~ David Mitchell

I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy. ~ Jodie Foster

Dave Concepción exceeded everyone's expectations - everyone's except, perhaps, his own. That's because as a kid, Concepción idolized Major League Hall of Fame shortstop and fellow-Venezuelan Luis Aparicio, and he aspired to become that same caliber of player. ~ Tucker Elliot

Me boat's on the slipway, and I don't want Old Bill clambering all over it. I'll be up for the funeral, see you then.' Joe was examining the tightly packed envelopes in the bag. 'Get rid of them quick, Yos,' he warned. With that, he left, that stocky little loyal sailor who had come to the end of his life of crime. At midnight after the bar had closed, the rest of the boys gathered in the office. That red-headed ~ Lena Kennedy

It is not the degree of 'willing' or 'trying', but the way in which the energy is directed, that is going to make the 'willing' or 'trying' effective. ~ F. Matthias Alexander

There's no such thing as history, only historians. That's how we know about the past. ~ Peter Greenaway

Music is my longtime friend. And I could never betray it. I listen to music while I'm writing. ~ Haruki Murakami

The effectiveness of your persona is inversely proportional to what people know about you. ~ Brenna Yovanoff

Do you actually state what a pain in the ass I am in these songs?"
"Not those words exactly. No." He chuckled, his good humour returned. "You don't want me to lie and say everything's always fucking unicorns and rainbows, do you?"
"Maybe. Yes. People are going to know these are about me. I have a reputation as a constant delight to protect. ~ Kylie Scott

I felt that 15,000 men on the 8th would be more effective than 50,000 a month later. ~ Ulysses S. Grant

She called me her devil and I called her my everything. We clung to each other, sweaty, spent, and forever entwined. My starved heart and soul were gorged to the point of overflowing and every battle I'd ever fought felt like it had been nothing if this was my victory, being here with her. ~ Jay Crownover

Between my generation and that of my students is an entire cohort of writers in their 30s and 40s. I think they've suffered most from the climate I'm describing. They prepared for their trade in the traditional way, by reading literature, learning something about history or foreign countries, training as reporters, and developing the habit of thinking in complexity. And now that they've reached their prime, these writers must wonder: Who's the audience for all this? Where did the broad and persuadable public that I always had in mind go? What's the point of preparation and knowledge and painstaking craft, when what the internet wants is volume and speed and the loudest voices? Who still reads books?

Some give in to the prevailing current, and they might enjoy their reward. Those who don't are likely to withdraw. The greatest enemy of writing today might be despair.

From a speech made in January 2020 on receipt of the 2019 Hitchens Prize, also printed as an essay in The Atlantic. ~ George Packer

This book is intended for calm readers. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The more knowledge one person has of the other, the greater the intimacy within the relationship. ~ John Friend